Paper Info
Title
Basic Design Of Video Communication System Enabling Users To Move Around In Shared Space
Abstract
We propose a 2D display and camera arrangement for video communication systems that supports both spatial information between distant sites and user mobility. The implementation of this arrangement is called the "surrounding back screen method." The method enables users to freely come from and go into other users' spaces and provides every user with the direct pointing capability, since there is no apparent spatial barrier separating users, unlike the case of conventional video communication systems. In this paper, we introduce two properties ("sharedness" and "exclusiveness") and three parameters (a distance and two angles) to represent the geometrical relationship between two users. These properties and parameters are used to classify the shared spaces created by a video communication system and to investigate the surrounding back screen method. Furthermore, to demonstrate and explore our surrounding back screen method, we have developed a prototype system, called I-Room. Taking into account practical situations, we studied a practical case where two t-Rooms with different layouts are connected.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1587/transele.E92.C.1387
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
face-to-face interaction, spatial cue, surrounding back screen method, sharedness, exclusiveness, t-Room
Spatial analysis,Shared space,Computer science,Video communication system,Communications system,Videoconferencing,Multimedia,Face-to-face interaction,Screen method
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
E92C
11
1745-1353
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
11
Authors
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Keiji Hirata117842.91
Yasunori Harada2274.86
Toshihiro Takada3265.35
Naomi Yamashita425127.56
Shigemi Aoyagi5748.84
Yoshinari Shirai612116.33
Katsuhiko Kaji713027.22
Junji Yamato81120165.72
Kenji Nakazawa950.78